Megalithic Quarrying: Sourcing, extracting and manipulating the stones (Session WS02)

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This book includes papers from the session entitled 'Megalithic Quarrying' presented at the XV UISPP World Congress (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006). Front Cover Title Page Copyright TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES PREFACE STONY GROUND: OUTCROPS, ROCKS AND QUARRIES IN THE CREATION OF MEGALITHIC MONUMENTS THE MEGALITHIC BUILDING SITE HUNEBEDDEN AND HÜNENGRÄBER: THE CONSTRUCTION OF MEGALITHIC TOMBS WEST OF THE RIVER ELBE THE GALLERY GRAVES OF HESSE AND WESTPHALIA, GERMANY: EXTRACTING AND WORKING THE STONES BEYOND STONEHENGE: SEEKING THE START OF THE BLUESTONE TRAIL ARCHITECTONIQUE ET ESTHETIQUE DES ALIGNEMENTS DE MENHIRS DU SUD DE LA VENDEE (FRANCE) TECHNOLOGIE DES MEGALITHES DANS L’OUEST DE LA FRANCE: LA CARRIERE DU ROCHER MOUTON A BESNE (LOIRE-ATLANTIQUE, FRANCE) EXPLOITATION DE LA PIERRE ET MISE EN OEUVRE DES MATERIAUX SUR LE SITE NEOLITHIQUE DU SOUC’H EN PLOUHINEC (FINISTERE, FRANCE) TRANSFORMING STONE: ETHNOARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON MEGALITH FORM IN EASTERN INDONESIA